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repercussion

ree per kuh shuhn

  • n  a remote or indirect consequence of some action
    his declaration had unforeseen repercussions
  • n  a movement back from an impact

  • Beyond the immediate economic impact, there are already signs that this meltdown will have longer-term repurcussions.
  • However the wider, short-run repercussion might be too much to bear for the North American industry.
  • Last week the first repercussion to the scene at the landing field came with a sharp protest from Hitler to Dollfuss.
News & Articles

  • Welker no longer has to watch his tongue
    Receiver Wes Welker really wanted to stay with the Patriots. Now that he’s gone from New England, Welker realizes there’s a certain benefit to not serving under Bill Belichick. Welker now can say what he wants without repercussion. “I feel like I can be myself a little more for sure,” Welker told Mike Silver of…
    June 10, 2013 - NBC Sports: ProFootballTalk
Quotes

  • Stephen Harper in Vancouver Sun
    Quite frankly, I do not think that a leader who shelters an MP who makes anti-Israeli extremist statements without repercussion should be making any criticism of policy,Harper said.
  • Drew Rosenhaus in Chicago Tribune
    Again we're acknowledging that there should be some repercussion, but not to the extent where he is denied his right to perform his livelihood to play,Rosenhaus said in a conference call. "We think it is very serious and not very common,...
  • Cory Sarich in Toronto Sun
    To have the audacity to go in there and pull something like that - it should be banned,Sarich said. "The league should maybe come up with some kind of repercussion for people that are pulling stunts like that."

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